Smyrna times., 1887-09-14
closing of Mails.
County and State Items.

County dAAO OOo'IO ACOAAAS'
The mortality among horses, result
- rom 'staggers," continues to be
lns reot in the neighbOrhOOd of Milford
l. Raub, son of the principal
hos = resigned his position as teacher III
.Lo I Academy of Newark, and taken q
'Iscs -l' in the public schools of Paterson
NJ.
# is stated that the old foundry at
Naw Castle has been leased by a com
nonv for the manufacture of boots and
l5oes -n which will add something to the
business of the city.
The Military Encampment at Reho-
botb cost the State $1,000. The apprO-
UTistion for the Centennial exercises in
Philadelphia is $1,000, making $4,000
the military will cost the State this
year.
IB Maxwell of MiddletOwn opened
h;s new cannery on last Thursday. He
:. ~ nntting up the Lion Brand" of tOma-
20 and is preparing very solid stock.
He mt up about 1000 cans day to be-
gin with
The Great Council of the United
c,atas improved Order of Red Men
Mil hold its annual council in Whining
Inn beginning yesterday and cOntin-
uing probably in session the remainder
OF the week.
Governor Biggs and staff go to Phila-
delDbia to attend the Constitutional
Centennial to day the 14th inst. Their
headquarters will be at the Girard
House. The soldiers 60 tomorrow, their
quarters will be at Lincoln Hall.
DrH.C. Snitcher editor of the WI
miaOfOaian, left Saturday morning for
Denver, Col, where yesterday the Ma
tiOnal Editors Association began its
annual session. DR.. Snitcher goes as the
representative of the Peninsula Press
Association.
Governor Biggs and wife, Secretary
of State Saulbury and wife, E. 4. Coop
er. ESQ, clerk of the House, will be at
the Girard House, Philadelphia, from
Wednesday morning till Saturday, and
the Delaware headquarters will be at
that hOstelrie.
The Peninsula Horticultural Associa-
ton, which bad proposed to hold its
first annual exhibition in Wilmington,
during the week beginning with the
18th instant, has decided to postpone
the affair for one year on account of
the poor quality Ofthe fruit this season.
The directors of the Delaware Fruit
Exchange held a meeting in Dover
on Tuesday to consider a proposition
made to them to sell out their tele-
phone line from Wyoming to Clayton,
70 the Bell Telephone Company. The
chances are that the sale will be made.
In order to ascertain whether the
peach yellows are contagious Erwin w.
Smith, the agricultural expert, who is
investigating the disease on this Pen
insula, has had several hundred yoang
trees inOculated with yellOws. The
growth will be watch with interest
throughout this State.
Mayor RhOades, of Wilmington, and
his police force are being prOded with
q sharp stick. The Wilmington papers
are urging them to arrest violatOrs of
the law, and to do this there must be
direct evidence-a witness to their ac-
tons. 1t seems rather a difficult thing
to find a witness, says the Mayor
EvapOrated fruit has been sold in
New York aud Philadelphia from Is to
Il per pound for unpeeled, A little par
ed red center brought p and yellow %
to 5Ocents. This will probably be the
average figure, though a few fancy lots
may bring 35 cents. This indicates that
the season will be profitable t. those
engaged in the business.
There has never been known, in the
memory Of the oldest resident of our
town, such a wholesale moving of the
working classes in search of employ
ment elsewhere, as within the last two
years. Nor has it stopped. Several citi-
lens are making preparations for de-
Parture this fall, and it is the straitened
circumstances of others that keep them
heFe.-MiddletOlVn New Era.
The official board of the NJ. E. church
Of Dover at their meeting on Thursday
night passed resolutions cOmdemuing
the iair on Children's Day, because, as
they say, the only attraction is horse
racing. The Rev. Mr.. Terry, pastor of
tle N. Z. Church, is deci ledly radical
u Dis views. In his late sermon he han
aied the devOtees of dancing and pro-
gfesslye euchre without gloves.
A respectable looking man called at
our y1 oIiee Tuesday aud wanted work.
ne ne, said ne could get nothing to do in
wilmington because he did not belong
y, % some association they have. Now
.lis u may be all right to have a prOtec-
1--WE association butt looks hard enough
"heh man comes along and wants
HoFK and Is turned away because he
belongs not to the association. NeUark
Ledger.
noe CHoLERA.-A gentleman in Do
yer mad two hogs that were down sick
NJ some days with what every one
Auo saw them pronounced cholera. He
procured pumpkin, and cutting it in
~, NO placed a half before each hog.
-ney ate It, seed and all, and have been
ealing their food ever since. He attrib-
l.es thelr cure to the pumpkin. II is a
IN .'TIpie remedy aud within the reach Of
aH.-SentineI.
A. bDeslsware Yea was the FIRST State to ratify
-o leaeral constitution. but she has al
~ hef hrstness to seriously lapse in
o..: ,.s matter other own constitution. II er
La-.A L.@ens VIII have a chance in NOvem-
i ~ ~ y Sake another and important step
~. .le direction Of constitution improve
snJ al, winch will be of as much benefit
- ~ = as sorely needed as was the orig
- IauneatiOn Of the national instru-
si' AiddieiO'Un Transcript.
III. me managers Of the State Fair have
- S.ieu s- Ridgway butter refrigerator
nr.l ~ use during the fair. The butter nut
ib, ~. n eAihioitlon will be preserved dur.
b13.-e .ue ialr, while any one can see the
en5slt.t, 5.oI ~ the same time. The front and
s-S ' VI these refrigerators are plate glass
kes, wi make the butter attractive and
M u. |. solid for any length of time.
The ~ as' on the part Of the managers oi
eTb;6;tr ma ought to please the ladies who
The eiLl--lAiiNGToN.-Says L-li the Republican
tbe soT. soTTslness trade Of Wilmington for
ofba,,lll b.4,l Is beginning to feel the impulse
msDassI. Ts.seI and more active demands. The
rnnnI;.-a1etuFing establishments are all
time aS z On full time, many Of them OF
bnilasauu auu half time. Contractors anC
fnIIa.5 nave more than their hand
tbev '.,u ,''l workman can get all the worl
eraisl'.a want. There is no need for q mod
stsalely qualified workman i, anv q
sI, sae mechanical trade - ~ -. 80 -